Ie ga Moete Jinsei Doudemo Yoku Natta kara Nokotta Nakenashi no Kane de Dark Elf no Dorei wo Katta.

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This will be a spoiler-free review.

This is a surprisingly decent series (if you like fantasy, romance, eechi, and nsfw manga - This is not an isekai). This series follows the "Hero's Journey" story structure, which is all about the journey, and not the destination.

It involves the main character and his slave traveling across the world together, the encounters they have along the way, and the romance that gradually begins to develop between the two of them. Despite being a master/slave dynamic, it's honestly kind of wholesome. But if that's not your cup of tea, then this series is not for you.

The world of this story ... is a bit strange, but does genuinely keep me interested and wanting to see more of it. It has fantasy races like elves and beastkin, a Medieval/Renaissance like vibe, but certain technology is right out of the modern era. They still use swords, but they got full on sniper rifles with smokeless powder cartridges (which wasn't invented until 1884). They're using ships straight out of the 1600s-1700s, yet have underwater panoramic windows for the cabins. If you can get into these sorts of technologically mixed fantasy worlds, you might really like it.

I will speak very vague here, so as to not give any spoilers. As of chapter 16.2 (or chapter 34 total), this series has primarily just been a "Follow these characters along on a fun adventure!" type story. But I can see the foreshadowing on the wall that it is working its way gradually towards a more focused plotline. I am genuinely interested to see where it goes, because the series (thus far) has always tied up its plotpoints.

Speaking of which, one of the arcs in this story genuinely surprised me. It started off as generic as generic could be. But went in a completely different direction than I was expecting. For whatever reason, I get the feeling this series is going to have a lot of those moments in the future. This series is deceptively generic - Until it isn't.

So in summary, it's a neat fantasy world story with genuine potential. It has a cute master/slave romance plotline, and has a healthy, but balanced dose of nsfw elements. That is to say, the lewdness is there, but it doesn't beat you over the head with it. The series maintains a good equilibrium between nsfw, character development, world building, and story.

6.6/10


There seems to be a huge negative connotation around slavery when it is the main focal point of a manga; some say it is not cute; some people just have strange fetishes where a compliant female makes their hormones act up; some love the introduction of the characters on face-value. Thankfully, I'm not the in between but rather the latter. So, on face-value, what is this manga really worth? Well, it doesn't amount to much as there are many missing holes in plot, which is rather cliché, making the manga nothing different or special.

The plot is ridiculously convenient for the main character. This ... fact alone doesn't ruin the enjoyability, but it does take away from the flow or building of characters. To remark on the characters, they are all throwaways besides for the main cast and the main cast are incredibly generic while the fmc has an unrealistic/unreasonable personality when it comes to love, considering what she's been through, etc.

If you gloss over all the major clichés, dumb characters, and lack of substance, the manga becomes slightly wholesome, barring a negative bias against slavery. However, it also doesn't do anything special out of the millions of slavery revitalized mangas; take it how you will.


Reading Rankings (Portnoy inspired & A Huang Teizan Original)
10 – God’s penmanship
9 – Must-read. Drop everything else.
8 – Instant bookmark
7 – Entertaining
6 – Good to pass time
5 – Why are you reading this?
4 – Bad.
3 – Typical garbage.
2 – My head hurts.
1 – Retirement is a thought.
0 – “Did they even give you a story?!”